Senior AI/ML Engineer – Generative AI & MLOps on AWS

Vanguard Group; Malvern (Chester County); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Vanguard in Malvern, PA is seeking an experienced Machine Learning Engineer to design, develop, and deploy end-to-end AI/ML solutions across the lifecycle, including data ingestion, feature engineering, training, deployment, and monitoring.

The role emphasizes cloud-native AWS stack (SageMaker, ECS, Lambda, S3), MLOps, knowledge graphs, LLMs, and governance, with a hybrid work model and opportunities to mentor teammates and shape enterprise AI initiatives.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in Machine Learning Engineering or related fields.
• 3+ years building scalable data pipelines with AWS.
• Strong Python and software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience deploying production AI/ML on AWS (SageMaker preferred).
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and MDLC practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy end-to-end AI/ML solutions across the lifecycle.
• Build scalable cloud-native AI/ML apps using AWS technologies.
• Develop ML, data, and MLOps pipelines for batch and real-time workloads.
• Design and implement Generative AI solutions with LLMs and RAG.
• Utilize knowledge graphs and graph databases to boost enterprise analytics.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business problems into analytical AI solutions.
• Perform data discovery, lineage, and root-cause analysis for data quality.
• Implement model monitoring, observability, and production support.
• Ensure governance, security, privacy, and model risk standards.
• Lead design discussions and mentor engineers in AI/ML best practices.
• Stay current with emerging AI tech and assess business potential.

Skills

Machine Learning Engineering

Data Engineering

Python

AWS SageMaker

MLOps

CI/CD

Cloud architecture

Docker

Kubernetes

LLMs

RAG

Knowledge graphs

System design

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in related technical field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Docker

AWS ECS

Kubernetes

SageMaker

Lambda

S3

EventBridge

Step Functions

Kafka

Flink

Kinesis

Knowledge graph databases

Job description

Vanguard in Malvern, PA is seeking an experienced Machine Learning Engineer to design, develop, and deploy end-to-end AI/ML solutions across the lifecycle, including data ingestion, feature engineering, training, deployment, and monitoring.

The role emphasizes cloud-native AWS stack (SageMaker, ECS, Lambda, S3), MLOps, knowledge graphs, LLMs, and governance, with a hybrid work model and opportunities to mentor teammates and shape enterprise AI initiatives.